White lesions / bumps on zoanthids. Discussion on treatment - Page 17

altezza · #**401** 01/01/2007, 12:13 AM

Yes 1 capsule per 10 gal

please keep us updated

rocko918 · #**402** 01/02/2007, 09:45 AM

WOW, Yea i used 1 capsule per cup!!!

well, mine seem to be doing much better. It did stop the spreading of the pox.

Will keep everyone posted!

Lpabsolute · #**403** 01/02/2007, 09:29 PM

how can i tell if the spots on the bottom of my zoas are normal or bad?

Reef Junkie · #**404** 01/02/2007, 10:00 PM

Got a picture?
Do they look anything like this?

altezza · #**405** 01/03/2007, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rocko918
WOW, Yea i used 1 capsule per cup!!!

well, mine seem to be doing much better. It did stop the spreading of the pox.

Will keep everyone posted!

according to the instruction its 1 cap / 10 gal....but i always do 1 capsule per cup

so dont worry

Reef Junkie · #**406** 01/08/2007, 12:52 AM

I don't want to be a spoiler, but have patience everyone.
Altezza has provided the solution and soon it will be ready in a link with full instructions for everyone to use.

rocko918 · #**407** 01/08/2007, 08:35 AM

Well, it seems to have worked for me as well. It stopped the spreading of the pox. I have them all still in the q-tank with only 1 treatment.

Thanks to everyone for the help. Hopefully i will be able to move them back to the main tank soon!

altezza · #**408** 01/08/2007, 11:19 AM

very nice Bob, its good to hear the Furan is working for other people and not just me

Æonic · #**409** 01/10/2007, 01:51 AM

Wow, this is all unfolding before my eyes, and it's not just some old thread from a year ago, it's current. Great, because my zoas have this problem too.

I have a small tank and small colonies so I really risk losing them all in a hurry. In fact, I've lost 4 morphs so far, and one other is definitely affected, with two others iffy.

I tried dipping some in a hydrogen peroxide solution with no real effect except it stressed out the zoa's. I may have been too aggressive with it though, and those were the initial ones, so they were probably already pretty weak from lack of action on my part (I let them be, hoping it would go away on its own... bad idea in this case, for me at least).

I have recently tried lugol's. Again, much stress and little if any effect on the disease.

Today I tried dipping in tetrocycline. I'm hoping for at least a little progress from it. If I don't see anything I'll try the Furan dip. I'll update this thread as I get results.

This was all such a shock as Zoa's had a reputation to be so hardy and relatively easy, yet I'm having these issues with them while my SPS grows like crazy ;-) I guess I shouldn't complain, but to be honest I liked the zoa's better!

altezza · #**410** 01/10/2007, 11:19 AM

I would suggest you to skip the Tetrocylcline dip and go straight to the Furan dip. It really works.

Reef Junkie · #**411** 01/10/2007, 06:15 PM

Very soon everyone, very soon.
We're all very excited to finish the info to share with all of you.

Thank you again Altezza, you have done a really good thing!

I will post it here and in the main zoanthid forum as soon as Whod is done polishing it up for the site!

Reef Junkie · #**412** 01/10/2007, 10:07 PM

Well, you've been waiting for it, here it is.
The Cure

Thank Altezza

altezza · #**413** 01/11/2007, 12:40 AM

WOW Bill, thank you for the revising the doc !

I hope this will help many hobbyist out there.

good luck guys...feel free to PM me any questions regarding to my experiment with Furan

Reef Junkie · #**414** 01/11/2007, 07:34 AM

No problem Altezza. Whodah also edited it and made the final copy you see on the website.

altezza · #**415** 01/18/2007, 11:49 AM

WOW, It looks like everyone is buying Furan 2 . No one is here anymore ;D

dfcjr · #**416** 01/19/2007, 01:04 AM

altezza, is that a Melanarus Wrasse in your pic?

altezza · #**417** 01/19/2007, 12:08 PM

no its a leopard wrasse

dfcjr · #**418** 01/19/2007, 01:02 PM

Nice fish, have to put that on my list. Reef-safe?

altezza · #**419** 01/20/2007, 01:16 AM

yes reef safe

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...cfm?pCatId=304

Reef Junkie · #**420** 01/21/2007, 10:16 AM

Alt, I just want to say...
It's kinda nice that this thread is now going off track. It means the Pox is now a thing of the past.
Thanks again Alt.

altezza · #**421** 01/22/2007, 11:58 PM

Bill,

yeah i was thinking the same thing !

Pufferpunk · #**422** 02/09/2007, 07:37 PM

I've been following this thread from the very beginning--just in case. Well, now a fantastic large colony of Green meanies is really infested w/the pustules. I did the 1st dip today. I'll take a pictoral of the whole process & post when they're looking like themselves again. *fingers crossed*

How contageous is this? When I pulled the colony off (they weren't attached yte, thank God), they squirted some grey cloudy gunk. Most of my zoas are growing on huge rocks. I'd have no idea how to dip them. Probably'd have to chisel them off.

Pufferpunk · #**423** 02/10/2007, 02:22 PM

Here are my 1st pics of the process.

Before dipping:

Close-up:

After 20 minute dip:

Pufferpunk · #**424** 02/11/2007, 12:44 AM

Well, so far, not so good. I took them out for a 2nd dip & they smelled like DEATH! I took a soft toothbrush & brushed off all the dead, smelly tissue & dipped again.

Before 2nd dip (after brushing off the dead stuff):

Poor things... I forgot how beautiful this colony was, till the guy I bought them from sent me pics:

Now I'm really sad...

Reef Junkie · #**425** 02/11/2007, 12:57 AM

They look better already!